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New wildfires grow in Northern California as firefighters gain ground against big blaze in the south 06/18/2024 09:19pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Big new wildfires challenged California firefighters Tuesday even as they increased containment of earlier blazes that erupted as dry north winds arrived over the weekend. Evacuations were ordered after the Aero Fire erupted Monday and spread over more than 8 square miles (21 sq California man charged with killing gay college student takes the stand 06/18/2024 08:43pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ��� A California man charged with killing a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an alleged hate crime six years ago testified Tuesday about how the two men connected on social media and went to a park. It was the last time the victim was seen. Samuel Woodward, 26, took t Ledecky unlikely to swim the 200 free at the Paris Olympics, leaving three individual events 06/18/2024 08:35pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� If all goes according to plan, Katie Ledecky will not be swimming four individual events at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ledecky won the 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic trials, but she confirmed Tuesday that she will drop that event if she qualifies in her three stronges US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes 06/18/2024 07:47pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Pacific Northwest ��� dams that devastated Native American tribes by inundating their villages and decimating salmon runs while Cubs place OF Mike Tauchman on IL, recall INF Miles Mastrobuoni from Triple-A 06/18/2024 07:39pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Chicago Cubs placed outfielder Mike Tauchman on the 10-day injured list with a left groin strain before Tuesday's game with the San Francisco Giants. Tauchman left the Cubs' 7-6 loss to the Giants on Monday after legging out a single in the third inning. On Tuesday, manager Crai Trump declares 'I love Milwaukee' after reportedly using the word 'horrible' for the RNC host city 06/18/2024 06:33pm • RACINE, Wisconsin (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeatedly praised Milwaukee just weeks before it hosts the Republican National Convention, playing cleanup after he reportedly used the word ���horrible��� in talking about swing-state Wisconsin���s largest city. ���I love Milwauke The Latest | Netanyahu accuses Biden of delaying weapons, but US insists arms are flowing 06/18/2024 06:21pm • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming the United States is withholding weapons needed for the war in Gaza. In a video released Tuesday, Netanyahu implied the holdup was slowing Israel���s offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. President Joe Biden has delayed delivering certai Missouri attorney general says not so fast on freeing woman jailed for 43 years in 1980 killing 06/18/2024 06:05pm • Missouri top prosecutor asked a court Tuesday to put the brakes on releasing a woman from prison in a 1980 killing that her attorneys allege was committed by a now-discredited police officer. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey also said his office will ask the state appeals court to review a j AUTO RACING: Blaney seeks second straight NASCAR win at New Hampshire; F1, IndyCar return to action 06/18/2024 06:01pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES USA TODAY 301 Site: Loudon, New Hampshire. Schedule: Saturday practice, 12:35 p.m., qualifying, 1:20 p.m.; Sunday race, 2:30 p.m. (USA). Track: New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Race distance: 301 laps, 318.5 miles. Last year: It took 30 tries, but Martin Truex Jr. le Officials release autopsy of Missouri student Riley Strain 06/18/2024 04:51pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student whose body was recovered from a river after going missing in Tennessee���s capital for nearly two weeks, died from accidental drowning and intoxication, according to a newly released autopsy report. News outlets report that Dav Golf updates scorecard rule by allowing extra 15 minutes to fix errors and avoid disqualification 06/18/2024 02:24pm • PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) ��� The temptation would be to refer to a change in the scorecard procedure as the ���Jordan Rule," only because Jordan Spieth was the most recent example. Players now have an additional 15 minutes to correct their scorecard before it is deemed to have been returned. Players wer Russian authorities arrest 3 people after dozens are hospitalized with botulism symptoms 06/18/2024 01:21pm • Russian authorities on Tuesday detained three people in connection with a suspected botulism outbreak, a move that comes after dozens of people in four different regions have been hospitalized with symptoms of the rare and dangerous disease. Officials link the outbreak to ready-to-eat salads made by Juneteenth: What's open, what's closed in the DC area 06/18/2024 12:20pm • On June 19, 1865, a Union general informed enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended ��� two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which outlawed slavery. June 19 ��� or Juneteenth ��� was recognized by Congress as the 12th Fighting breaks out between Turkey and Georgia fans inside stadium at Euro 2024 06/18/2024 11:53am • DORTMUND, Germany (AP) ��� Fighting broke out between fans of Turkey and Georgia inside Dortmund's Westfalenstadion ahead of the teams' European Championship match on Tuesday. The brawling took place at ground level in one corner of the stadium, with supporters seen throwing punches and objects at e Bob Schul, the only American runner to win the 5,000 meters at the Olympics, dies at 86 06/18/2024 11:35am • Bob Schul, the only American distance runner to win gold in the 5,000 meters at the Olympics, has died. He was 86. His death on Sunday was announced by Miami University in Ohio, where Schul shined on the track and was inducted into the school���s hall of fame in 1973. No cause of death was given. Sc